Inside The Bills

It wasn’t pretty on third down for the Bills on offense Sunday in Baltimore. Buffalo had just three conversions on 13 attempts with their last conversion coming at the 5:57 mark of the second quarter. Here’s a breakdown of their third down opportunities.

Eight of their 13 third down opportunities were 3rd-and-6 or more. Buffalo failed to convert on a pair of 3rd-and-1s and a 3rd-and-2, all of which were run plays including a 3rd-and-goal at the one-yard line. Six third down plays went for no gain or negative yardage including a pair of sacks of Taylor. The three conversions were made on passes by Taylor to Watkins, Woods and Clay.

Taylor said a lot of new looks were thrown at them by the Ravens on third down.

“Scheme-wise they did a couple of things that we’ve seen and a couple of things we haven’t seen,” Taylor said. “They did a good job of pressuring. We spent a majority of the game in 3rd-to-5 or more. That’s when most teams get exotic and are able to bring some heat and mix some different pressures up.”